Re-examining intercultural research and relations in the COVID pandemic |
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| Institution: | 1. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, United States;2. College of Education and Human Development, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, United States;1. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 37), 00014, Finland;2. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology, P.O. Box 4 (Vuorikatu 3), 00014, Finland;3. University of Oslo, Department of Psychology, P. O. Box 1094 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway;1. Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Facultad de Educación, Economía y Tecnología de Ceuta, University of Granada, c/ Cortadura del valle s/n 51001 Ceuta, Spain;2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;3. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;4. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;1. FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany;2. Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany;1. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences, 00014, Finland;2. Tampere University, Faculty of Education and Culture, 33014, Finland |
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| Abstract: | The authors provide an urgent call for cross- and intercultural scholars to re-examine many of the related themes and classic or contemporary study areas of “intercultural communication” and “intercultural relations” in light of the impacts that the novel coronal (COVID-19) pandemic is having on human interaction both across and within our social-cultural contexts. As scholars focusing on intercultural communications/relations, education, management, psychology, and social issues, the global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a range of intercultural problems or issues that need to be researched to better understand related aspects of human suffering, social disruption, and economic inequalities. New research projects/papers need to address how these impact key intercultural theme/topic areas like cultural attributions/expectations, values/beliefs, identities, perceptions/stereotypes/prejudice, language/speech codes, cultural systems/patterns, acculturation/adaptation, intercultural effectiveness/sensitivity/competence, and conflict (Kulich et al., 2020, Table 3.7). Some research areas and applications potentially affected by COVID are highlighted, including our sense of national/international identity and cooperation, our mediated or actual social networks, our ways of framing or carrying out intercultural or cross-cultural cooperation, new issues emerging in inter-group contact, how we apply cross-cultural taxonomies or dimensions to analyze data, and how these ultimately affect our relationships with each other across all levels of culture (from dyads, to groups, sub- or co-cultures) or express and affirm interculturality at such times. Each area is highlighted by calls for specific types of intercultural research to address these challenges and opportunities. |
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| Keywords: | COVID-19 Pandemic Intercultural relations Intercultural ethics Intercultural research Call for papers |
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